Hexokinase production fromS. cerevisiae

Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology - The effects of pH (4.0, 4.5, or 5.0), temperature (T) (30, 35, or 40°C) and dissolved oxygen (DO) (0.2, 2.0, 4.0, or 6.0 mg O2/L) on hexokinase and...     

UV Radiation Effects on SiO2 Gels Doped with Organic Dyes

Silica gels prepared by the sol-gel method with TEOS as a precursor and doped with the organic dyes rhodamine B, Na fluoresceine and eosine G were exposed to UV radiation pulses from a nitrogen laser. The absorption, luminescence and IR spectra were taken as a function of the exposure time. The absorption and the luminescence curves show successive maxima and minima. The same response is observed when the exposure procedure is repeated. These results are explained in terms of the cyclic filling and depletion of the long-lived triplet excited electronic state. At short exposure times, the data can be fitted with a Lorentzian curve and the corresponding parameters are given.     

Synthesis of 1,3-bridged β-lactams embedded in a macrocyclic structure

A new approach to N1-C3 bridged macrocyclic β-lactams has been developed. Orthogonal functional groups' protection combined with RCM has allowed the construction of the bicyclic systems bearing a β-lactam motif. These systems could represent a structural alternative to the actual lactamic antibiotics and may be further transformed into a broad variety of compounds.     

Simultaneous Chemiluminometric Determination of Levodopa and Benserazide in a Multi-pumping Flow System with Multivariate Calibration

An automated multi-pumping flow system is proposed for the simultaneous chemiluminometric determination of benserazide and levodopa using multivariate calibration methods. The developed methodology is based on chemiluminescence (CL) emission generated by the reaction of benserazide with luminol, and on a concurrent inhibiting effect of levodopa on this reaction. A multi-pumping flow system comprising multiple solenoid micro-pumps as the only active components was developed to implement a stopped-flow approach for signal acquisition and processing. Artificial neural networks were used to establish a relationship between the CL emission profile and the concentration of both drugs. The concentration values used to establish the experimental calibration samples were varied between 5 and 30 mg l(-1) for levodopa and between 2.5 and 20 mg l(-1) for benserazide. The proposed method was successfully applied to the simultaneous determination of levodopa and benserazide in pharmaceutical formulations combining both drugs.     

Use of radial basis function networks and near-infrared spectroscopy for the determination of total nitrogen content in soils from Sao Paulo State

Total nitrogen has been determined by using a model developed between the conventional chemical measurements and diffuse reflectance spectra in the near-infrared region. Samples (244) from different types of soils with total nitrogen contents ranging from 0.20 to 13.60% (m/m) were modeled by partial least-squares regression (PLS), multi-layer perceptron feed-forward networks (MLP) and radial basis function networks (RBFN). The RBFN model produced a better square error of prediction (SEP) of 0.048 and R(2) = 0.93 in a procedure that is simpler, faster and less dependent on the initial conditions.     

Development of an LC–DAD Method for Analysis of Dexketoprofen, Tramadol, and Haloperidol. Study of the Stability of Mixtures Used for Patient-Controlled Analgesia

A novel LC method was applied to enhance the peak resolution of two ecdysteroids: 20-hydroxyecdysone and its 3-epimer. An isocratic solvent system of methanol–water (6:4, v/v) was used on a C18 column, and 100 μL of water was injected during the development in such a manner that the eluted solvent peak appeared exactly between the two overlapping peaks. This resulted in the increased retardation of the later-eluted peak, and in a good separation of the two compounds within 4.5 min.     

The effect of gamma radiation on biodegradability of morpholine in aqueous solution

The effect of -radiation on the aqueous solution of morpholine was studied on the basis of UV spectrum measurement, COD /chemical oxygen demand/, TOC /total organic carbon/ and STOD /short-term oxygen demand/ determination and Pitter's kinetic test of biodegradation. The biodegradability of the model solution after irradiation became substantially worse.     

The radiation treatment of waste water solutions containing 2-mercaptobenzothiazole and N-oxydiethylene-2-benzothiazolesulfenamide

The effect of -radiation on waste water solutions containing 2-mercaptobenzothiazole and N-oxydiethylene-2-benzothiazolesulfenamide was studied by UV spectrosocopy, COD, BOD₅ and TOC determination and Pitter's kinetic test of biodegradation. No improvement in biodegradability of model solutions was detected and in case of 2-mercaptobenzothiazole colloidal turbidity removable by coagulation appeared.     

The absorption spectrum of beryllium

Energy terms, dipole oscillator strengths and photoionization cross-sections from the ground state are calculated. Autoionizing state transition energies and line widths for the ¹P⁰ resonances in the continuum are also obtained. The configuration interaction method for initial and final states is used, and atomic orbitals are generated through angular-momentum-dependent, scaled Thomas-Fermi-Dirac potentials.